Praises to 21 Tara

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Homage to Tara

The 21 Taras in transliterated Tibetan with English in rhyming meter

Om.

Jetsun-ma Pama Do'ma la chag tsal lo.

Om!

To Great, Noble Tara, I bow down.

Cha tsal Dlma nyur ma pa mo,

Chen ni kay chik lo dang dra ma

Jik ten sum gn chu che zhel ji,

Gesar je wa lay ni jung ma. 1

I praise the Fearless, the Swift One, Protector, whoseglance is like lightning.

On the face of Chenrezi, she is born from a tear as abud from a lotus.

red

Cha tsal tn kay dawa kn tu,

Kang wa ja ni tsek pay shel ma,She of the face like the full moons of autumn


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Kar ma tong trak tsok pa nam chi,

Rap tu che way rap bar ma. 2

that blazes the light of the stars in their thousands.

white

Cha tsal ser ngo chu nay che chi,

Pay may cha ni nam par jen ma

Jin pa tsn dru ka tup shi wa

Z pa sam ten ch yul nyi ma. 3

I praise the Body, all turquoise and golden;

Whose hand is adorned with the lotus, most perfect

Whose realm is most generous, diligent, simple.

Peaceful and patient, she sits in meditation.

greenish

Cha tsal deb shin shek pay tsu tor,

Ta yay nam par jal war ch ma.

Ma lu pa rol chin pa top ray,Jal way say chi shin tu ten ma. 4

Seated above the heads of all Buddhas,

resplendent in joyous and infinite triumph,

Deeply honoured by all Bodhisattvas,She is perfect in all of the virtues transcendent.

white

Cha tsal Tutara Hung yi ge,

D tang cho dang nam ka kang ma.

Jik ten dun bo shap chi nen te

Lu pa me par gu par nu ma. 5

With Tutare and Hung! she imbues this world,

all ten directions and infinite space.

And trampling seven worlds under her feet,

she is able to summon them all to her place.

orange

Cha tsel ja jin me hla tsang ba,

Lung hla na tsok wang chuk ch ma,

Jung bo rolang dri sa nam tang,

N jin tso chi dun nay to ma. 6

I praise the One to whom great gods

make toasts.

She is honored by spirits, and

demons, and ghosts.

reddish-black

Cha tsal tray che ja tang pay chi,

Pa rol trul kor rap tu jom ma.

Yay kum yn chang shap chi nen te,

I hail the One, who by Treh and by Peh!

undoes all the plots of conspiring foes;

Who wrapped in the fire that rages around her,

with right leg retracted and left one extended,


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Me bar truk pa shin tu bar ma. 7 Tramples the evil ones under her toes.

black

Cha tsal Ture jik pa chen mo,

Du chi pa wo nam par jom ma.

Chu che shel ni tro nyer den dzay,

Dra wo tam chay ma lu s ma. 8

I praise the Swift, the One who is Fearsome

who with terrible aspect defeats boldest demons.

Her lotus face angrily frowns down upon them

so all foes are vanquished, not a single remains.

blackish-red

Cha tsal kn chok sum tson cha jay,

Sor m tuk kar nam par jen ma,

Ma lu cho chi kor lo jen pay,

Rang gi chi tso nam tru ma. 9

I sing the praises of Her whose hand forms

the Triple Gem mudra right at her heart.

In her grasp the Dharma Wheel spins out its light

in all the directions and to every part.

white

Cha tsal rap tu ga war ji pay,

Urjen chi treng wa pel ma,

Shay pa rap shay Tutara yi,

Du dang jig ten wang du ze ma. 10

On her brow she wears radiant joy like a tiara

charming demons and gods

with her laugh of Tutara.

red

Cha tsal sa shi chong way tso nam,

Tam chay gu par n ma nyi ma,

Tro nyer yo way yi ge Hung gi,

Pong ba tam chay nam par Dlma. 11

She can summon the guards of this world of desire.

With wrathful expression,

when Hung!does she utter,

she liberates everyone, no more to suffer.

dark orange

Cha tsal daway tum bu urjen,

Jen pa tam chay shin tu bar ma,

Rel pay tr nay pame lay,

Tak par shin tu rap dzay ma. 12

She wears the crescent moon as a diadem;

and shining atop her hair clustered in curls

Rests the Buddha Amida, the ornament on them.

orange


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Cha tsal kalpa ta may me tar,

Bar way treng way na nay ma,

Yay chang yon kum kun nay kor gay,

Dra yi pung ni nam par jom ma.13

as the darkening kalpa draws to its close.

With right leg extended and left one drawn in,

for those who rejoice in the Dharma Wheelsturning,

She is the one who defeats all their foes.red

Cha tsal sa shi ng la cha gi,

Ril ji nun ching shap chi dung ma,

Tro nyer chen dzay yi ge hung gi,

Rim pa dun bo nam ni gem ma. 14

Full force to her palm, she strikes the universe base

Crying Hung! with a frown as she stamps it down,

She subdues all the denizens of seven levels of thatnether place.

reddish-black

Cha tsal de ma ge ma shi ma,

Nya ngen day shi ch yul nyi ma,

Soha Om dang yang dak den pay,

Dik pa chen po jom pa nyi ma. 15

I salute Lady Peace, Dame Perfection and Bliss;

her realm is Nirvana.

BetweenOm! and Swaha! all blemishes vanish

by means of her mantra.*

*Om,Tare Tutare Ture Soha.

white

Cha tsal kun nay kor rap ga way,

Dra yi l ni rap tu gem ma,

Yi ge chu pay nga ni k pay,

Rik pa Hung lay Dlma nyi ma. 16

All hail the conquering opponent of those

who rejoice as the Wheel of the Dharma goes round

She liberates by means of the radiant light

From the Hung! in the ring of the ten-syllable sound

red

Cha tsal Ture shap ni dap pay,

Hung gi nam pay sa bn nyi ma,

Ri rap Mandara dang bi je,

Jik ten sum nam yo wa nyi ma. 17

I praise The Swift-footed. Hung!is her seed.

Shaker of Meru, Mandara, Kailash,

Stamping and trampling three worlds with her feet.

orange


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Cha tsal hla yi tso yi nam pay,

Ri dak ta chen cha na na ma,

Tara nyi j pay chi yi ge,

Tu nam ma l par ni shel ma. 18

She bears the hare-marked moon, lake of the devas.

And by twice saying Tara

And then saying, P'hey,

She removes all contaminants, poisons or kleshas.white

Cha tsal hla yi tso nam jal pa,

Hla tang mi am chi yi ten ma,

Kn nay ko cha ga way ji chi,

Ts tang mi lam ngen pa sel ma. 19

She whom gods, titans and spirits attend,

Can dispel any terrors that come in dark hours,

A proof against Chaos, her beauty has powers.

white

Cha tsal nyi ma dawa jay pay,

Chen nyi po la rap sel ma,

Hara nyi j Tutarayi,

Shin tu drak p rim nay sel ma. 20

Shining, her eyes like the sun and full moon,

By twice saying Hara and then, Tutarahyi,

She can put paid the deadly, the wide-raging plagueorange

Cha tsal te nyi sum nam k pay,

Shi way tu dang yang dak den ma,

Dn dang rolang n jin tso nam,

Jom pa Ture rap chok nyi ma, 21

Praise be to The Peacemaker.

By her triple mantra*

All demons succumb.

All hail the Swift-one, in her great mandala.

*Om Ah Hung!

white

Tsa way nga chi t pa di tang.

Cha tsal wa la ni nyi shu tsa chik.

This great dharani~ this is Her song:

The Praises to Tara, all twenty-one!


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The hymn is called the 21 Homages to Taraor 21 Hymnsbut also, The Twenty-one Taras, since eachof the stanzas describes not only an aspect but an image of her.

At least one version of this well-known "hymn" has an extra or introductory stanza that is insertedbefore the first Praise. It is a summary. SeeAdvice below. (The Praisesare each numbered here atthe end of every transliterated Tibetan stanza.) The recitation of these Praises is a daily practice fomany Tibetans and also other practitioners.

Refuge vows, and the Tara empowerment from an accredited teacher is required for doing thecomplete liturgy with offerings. Anyone, though, can read, chant or sing the 21 Praises.

To purchase the short Green Tara practice, which includes The 21 Praises.

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Ama Adhe Tapontsang, in her autobiography as told to J. Blakelsee (Ama Adhe: The Voice ThatRemembers. Boston: Wisdom, 1997) describes how she was so troubled by having forgotten partsof the 21 Praisesas a result of the tribulations she suffered at the brutal hands of her captors. A

kind lama taught her an abbreviated form in only 9 verses.The rhyming, rhythmic loose translation, as found above on this page, respects the imagery,symbolism and meaning of the liturgy. It is not an exact literal translation. It is intended forrecitation or singing in the English language. However, until it is completed and approved, hardcopies should not be circulated.

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The Mongolian name for the semi-wrathful form of Green Tara with 8 arms, at the top is

Lamanteri. This image was available in India in poster form in 1970, and may be further exploredat http://www.iol.ie/~taeger/bio/8greenta.htm.

Link to KKTham'speaceful 21 Taras page.

A complete sadhana or worship ritualas practised by the Gelugpa denomination appears withan expanded translation and in-depth explanation. It was produced in January 1994 by DharmaTherapy Trust under the guidance of Venerable Gesh Damch Ynten. Proceeds go to DrepungLoseling Monastic College, Mundgod, India.

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How many repetitions to do of the mantraassociated with the Praises to Tara?

" ... page 10b of the Tara Praises(that our center uses) suggests 2, 3 or 7 recitations, however ... wedo 6. Why is this? Where is the best place to stick the extra one?"

A helpful person responded that "a transcript of a detailed explanation of the Green Tara practice


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that Ringu Tulku Rinpoche gave in the Mahamudra Retreat at Center Halscheid, Germany:

' For the twenty-one Tara praise, it is very clearly recommended that we do first two,then three, and then seven, but the practice in Europe is that you do one, two and three- special concession for the Europeans. But in Hong Kong, they do it in a slightlydifferent way. The first stanza, [this is the 'extra' one, see above]chag tsal tare nyurma pamo

tuttararyi jigpa selma

ture dn kun jin p dlmasoh yi ge khye la d dothis is a kind of brief praise of the Tara mantra, the first time they do the praise once,but the first stanza two times, the second time they do the first stanza once and then thewhole praise twice, that makes it three times, and then the third time they do the firststanza four times and then the whole praise three times, that makes it seven times.

It is more to the letter, although they do not take much more time, they are as busy asEuropeans. I do not know whose tradition it is, maybe somebody who is moreparticular about what is said in the text. I thought that was very nice, because then you

do not completely disregard the recommendation, and you also do not lose time. But itis just a suggestion.'

" ... during the big celebration of the opening of the Kamalashila Institute two years ago, withThrangu Rinpoche, Tenga Rinpoche, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Ringu Tulku Rinpochepresent -- also many lamas -- the lamas did the Tara practice in the 2-3-7 way -- at such anincredible speed that we Westerners could barely follow."* ~ Maria on the kagyu email list

*Since the Tibetan Buddhist tradition is a mantrayana one, it is the vibration of sound that is deemed of utmostimportance. Great value is placed on the number of times a mantra- and texts, too - can be released into the

environment.

Tara sadhana21 Praisesincluded in this Gelugpa liturgy.

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Translation as found in The Cult of Tara by S. Beyer, pps. 211-214. [Diacritical marks omitted, and versenumbered by this editor.] Beyer's source while he was in Dalhousie, India was Drukpa Kagyu, Ven. VIII KamtrulRinpoche Donju Nyingma.

The introductory or 'Praise with basic mantra' (not in the verses at top):

OM! Homage to the holy and noble Tara!

Homage, TARE, quick one, heroine,

removing terror with TUTTARE,

savioress, granting all aims with TURE,

the syllables SVAHA: to you I bow!


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Homage, Tara, quick one, heroine.

whose eyes flash like lightning,

born from the opening corolla

of the lotus face of the Lord of the triple world. 1

Homage, Lady whose face is filled

with a hundred autumn moons,

blazing with the laughing beams

of the hosts of a thousand stars. 2.

Homage, Lady whose hand is adorned with a lotus,

a lotus blue and gold

whose field of practice is charity, striving,

austerity, calm, acceptance, and meditation. 3.

Homage, Lady abiding in infinite victory

in the crown knot of the Tathagatha

served by the sons of the Conqueror

who have attained every single perfection. 4.

Homage, Lady who fills all quarters of space

with the sounds of Tuttare and Hum,

trampling the seven worlds with her feet,

able to summon all before her. 5.


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Homage, Lady worshiped by Indra, Agni, Brahma,

by the Maruts and Vishveshvara,

honored by hosts of spirits,

of ghost, celestials, and the walking dead. 6.

Homage, Lady who destroys the magic devices of others

with the sounds of TRAT and P'HAT,

trampling with right foot up and left extended

blazing with a blazing mass of fire. 7.

Homage, Lady who annihilates the heroes of Mara,

TURE, the terrible lady,

slaying all enemies

by frowning the brows of her lotus face. 8.

Homage, Lady holding her hand over her breast

with a gesture that symbolizes the Three Jewels,

her palms adorned with the universal wheel

radiating a turbulent host of its beams. 9.

Homage, Lady whose diadem spreads a garland

of shining and happy beams,

subjugating Mara and the world

with a laughing, mocking, TUTTARE! 10.


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Homage, Lady able to summon before her

all the hosts of protectors of the earth,

saving from all distress by the movement

of her frowning brows and the sound of HUM ! 11.

Homage, Lady whose diadem is a crescent moon

blazing with all its ornaments,

ever lit by the beams

of Amitabha in her piled hair. 12.

Homage, Lady placed amidst a garland that blazes

like the fire at the end of the world era,

annihilating the army of the enemy

in her joyous posture of royal ease. 13.

Homage, Lady who strikes the earth with her hand,

who pounds upon it with her feet,

shattering the seven worlds

with the sound of HUM made by her frowning brows. 14.

Homage, Lady blissful, virtuous, calm,

whose field of practice is calm nirvana,

possessed of SVAHA and OM,

destroying great sins. 15.


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Homage, Lady who shatters the bodies of enemies,

in her joyous posture,

the savioress manifested from HUM,

in the mantra arraying the sound of ten syllables. 16.

Homage Lady who strikes with the feet of TURE,

whose seed is in the form of the syllable HUM,

shaking Mount Meru, Mandara, Kailasha,

and all the triple world. 17.

Homage, Lady holding the deer-marked moon

in the form of an ocean of gods,

dispelling all poison

with the sound of P'HAT and twice-spoken TARA. 18.

Homage, Lady served by the ruler of hosts of gods,

by the gods and horse-headed celestials,

dispelling contention and bad dreams

with the brilliance of her joyous armor. 19.

Homage, Lady in whose eyes is the brilliant light

of the sun and the full moon,

dispelling terrible fevers,

with TUTTARE and twice-spoken HARA. 20.


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Homage, Lady endowed with the strength of calm

by the array of the three truths, [OM AH HUM]

destroying the hosts of evil spirits, the walking dead,

TURE, most excellent lady ! 21.

This is the praise with the basic mantra,

and these are the twenty-one homages.

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